Another Bride Had Her Bridesmaids Hold Rescue Puppies Instead of Bouquets

While it may not be one of the hottest wedding trends on Pinterest for 2017, bridesmaids holding puppies instead of bouquets is definitely one of the cutest wedding trends we've seen this year.

Case in point: After seeing a picture of a bridal party holding puppies instead of bouquets last fall, Meghan Butler decided she wanted the same at her wedding since pet adoption is one of her passions. In fact, she and her husband share four adopted pets—two cats and two dogs—between them.

So when they got married last month in North Carolina, she had the Greater Charlotte SPCA bring eight puppies to the photo shoot before her wedding in hopes that the dogs would get adopted faster.

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"We're all animal lovers, so it felt right and we could not get enough of them," Butler told People.

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"You put puppies and women together, and it was just a lot of squawking and squealing and smiling," photographer Brittany Boland of Discover Love Studios told People. "It was really cute. Some of the puppies were wiggling a lot and some were just zonked out."

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In addition to bringing awareness to pet adoption through their wedding photos, the couple also made a donation to the Greater Charlotte SPCA instead of buying wedding favors.

Their "bouquets" drew so much attention to the adoptable pups that all of the puppies have been adopted since their wedding.

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"It was really special. This is near and dear to my heart and to be able to bring awareness to the need for adoptions – that was the best part of my wedding," Butler told People. "Besides marrying Brett of course!"

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